Rodent, Lauca NP, Chile (1 Viewer)

[birdboybowley]

Saw this little beastie on the edge of Lake Chungara and have no mammal fieldguide for Chile with me and all the Internet throws up is Viscacha 🤷‍♂️ any help, as always, greatly appreciated

 

[connorco]

Bolivian Big-eared Mouse?

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Certainly Big-eared Mouse rather than Viscacha.

 

[birdboybowley]

Cheers guys, knew it wasn't a Viscacha but according to the interweb that's the only rodent in Lauca 😂😂

 

[opisska]

Wow this is good! Most people in Chile see very little in the way of small rodents for some reason, so this is certainly quite interesting. When I was in Lauca, it was freshly snowed over so there was no chance at all for these, but it looks like a motivation to revisit